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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11646
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14961
13 Actual Demand 11321
14 Aggregate Planning 12377
15 Air Cargo 10277
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6776
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35052
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15434
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19484
20 Assembly Line 22865
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23164
22 Average Speed of Answer 26692
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23407
24 Batch Production 38794
25 Bill Discounting 14735
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11420
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7280
28 Blanket Release 10165
29 Bonded Warehouse 10198
30 Booking Number 14051
31 Bottleneck 9706
32 Buffer Stock 59679
33 Build to Stock 13152
34 Bullwhip Effect 9867
35 Business Logistics 26049
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12712
37 Capacity Management 41157
38 Capacity Utilization 14309
39 Capital Intensive 8593
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8951
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12298
42 Certified Supplier 9064
43 Channel Effectiveness 9062
44 Co-Destiny 9441
45 Co-managed Inventory 12733
46 Co-Packers 11918
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7021
48 Computer-Based Training 7805
49 Consular Invoice 20041
50 Container Depot 10736
51 Container Freight Station 10382
52 Continuous Replenishment 19726
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12217
54 Contract Carrier 7401
55 Contract of Affreightment 11554
56 Control Charts 8067
57 Cost Flow 10421
58 Courier Service 15418
59 CPFR 8343
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11949
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44559
62 Date Code 18543
63 Days of Supply 20024
64 Dead on Arrival 9505
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7435
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8260
67 Detective Control 9059
68 Devanning 14352
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11124
70 Dispatching 24825
71 Distributed Inventory 8475
72 Distribution Channel Management 35157
73 Distribution Metrics 9335
74 Distribution Planning 24392
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15428
76 Double Marginalization 53032
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22579
78 Dual 5537
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20769
80 Echelon Inventory 26454
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38464
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50195
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7742
84 Efficient Frontier 25744
85 Engineer-to-Order 31987
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16816
87 Erlang B Formula 9474
88 ETD 8455
89 Ex Works 7939
90 Exception Rate 13681
91 Exponential smoothing 9944
92 External Growth 10240
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11028
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8990
97 Fishbone Diagram 14775
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27352
99 Flow Through Distribution 12485
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8342
101 FOB Destination 13227
102 Forward buying 30431
103 Freight Charge 10527
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8385
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11929
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29776
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12848
109 Hub 23651
110 Idle Time 8191
 
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